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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 761 Collections and/or Records:

C.M. Gampel in 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00010
Abstract

Black and white photograph of C.M. Gampel as Captain Keller in a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Construction on Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00018
Abstract

Black and white photograph from the back of the Opera House which is under construction during an unknown year.

Dates: 1930-1969

Crowd Gathers At Social Event

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00030
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City affiliates gathering at a social event for the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1930-1969

Crowd Gathers in Costume Hillside

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00032
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City affiliates gathering on a hillside in costume in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Crowd Gathers Outside Front Doors of Opera House, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00028
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified affiliates gathering in front of the Central City Opera House during the 1966 season.

Dates: 1966

Crowd Gathers Outside Miller's Super Market

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00031
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City affiliates gathering while Emerson Buckley speaks on stage (on stage/white coat) at a social event outside Miller's Super Market in Denver.

Dates: 1930-1969

Crowd Gathers Outside Walgreens Self Service Drugs

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00038
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City affiliates gathering while Emerson Buckley speaks on stage (on stage/left) at a social event outside Walgreens self Service Drugs in Denver.

Dates: 1930-1969

Crowd of Central City Affiliates

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00035
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a crowd of unidentified Central City affiliates gathering in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Crowds Gather in Opera House Courtyard

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of large group of unidentified affiliates gathering in the courtyard of the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Dean Hutchings, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Dean Hutchings, a member of the Central City Opera chorus who performed in the 1951 production fo 'Romeo and Juliet' as Gregorio.

Dates: 1951

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